(c) 2019 AIDS United.5AIDS United - Press Release RSS FeedList of the Latest Press Releaseshttps://aidsunited.org/RssFeedGen.aspx?rss=pressrelease$1 MILLION IN FUNDING TO HELP HIV ORGANIZATIONS IMPACTED BY HURRICANES HARVEY AND IRMA ANNOUNCED AT USCAA $1 million fund to help HIV organizations impacted by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma was announced today at the opening of the 21st annual U.S. Confer-ence on AIDS in Washington, DC. The $1 million is being donated by Gilead Sciences. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1166'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2017https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1166https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1166Thu, 07 Sep 2017 00:00:00 GMT1-Year Blood Donation Deferral Policy a Step in the Right Direction, Still Needlessly Discriminates Against Gay and Bisexual MenThe Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced today that it recommends replacing the outdated lifetime blood-donation ban for gay and bisexual men with a one-year deferral period ? requiring gay and bisexual men to be celibate for twelve months ? before being eligible to donate blood. While removing the lifetime ban is a step forward, even the one-year deferral continues to perpetuate discrimination against gay and bisexual men. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1120'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2014https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1120https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1120Tue, 23 Dec 2014 00:00:00 GMT26 HIV/AIDS Programs Across US Receive Funding for Interventions from The Fenway Institute and AIDS United?s Coordinating Center for Technical AssistanceThe Evidence-Informed Interventions Coordinating Center for Technical Assistance, funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration?s HIV/AIDS Bureau and led by The Fenway Institute in partnership with AIDS United, has awarded 26 Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program recipient organizations across the United States with up to $170,000 in funding per year through 2021. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1194'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2018https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1194https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1194Wed, 13 Jun 2018 00:00:00 GMT30 Community-Based Organizations in U.S South Receive Support for HIV Advocacy EffortsAIDS United awards $1.4 million as part of the Southern REACH grantmaking initiative. Thirty community-based organizations in the Southern United States have increased capacity to protect and advance the health, human rights and dignity of persons most affected by HIV/AIDS in the region, thanks to recent grants from AIDS United. With support from the Ford Foundation, AIDS United recently granted $1.4 million to organizations in the Southern states of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=109'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2014https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=109https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=109Mon, 24 Mar 2014 00:00:00 GMT550+ Advocates Gather For AIDSWatch in D.C. to Meet with Members of Congress as Struggle to End HIV Gains Renewed FocusWashington, D.C. ? AIDSWatch, the largest federal HIV advocacy event in the country., will kick off today in Washington, D.C. as the movement to end the epidemic reaches a critical juncture. Presenting sponsor, The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation, and organized by AIDS United, with U.S. PLHIV Caucus and Treatment Access Expansion Project, this year?s event will bring more than 550 advocates from 40 states, DC, and Puerto Rico to the nation?s capital to meet with members of Congress to discuss what is needed to end the HIV epidemic within the decade. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1220'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2019https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1220https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1220Mon, 01 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT650+ Advocates Gather in Washington, D.C. to Meet with Members of Congress around HIV Funding and Policies, HIV Criminalization Reform, and other Key Issues at Stake for People Living with HIV in the United StatesMarch 29, 2017, Washington D.C. ? AIDSWatch, the largest constituent-based HIV advocacy event in the U.S., concluded in Washington, D.C. yesterday. Presented by The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation, the event brought over 650 advocates from 36 states to the nation?s capital to meet with members of the House and Senate to discuss the policies and resources needed to end the HIV epidemic, and protections for programs critical to the health and wellbeing of people living with and affected by HIV. Over 260 meetings with 80 members of Congress were held this year. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1146'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2017https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1146https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1146Wed, 29 Mar 2017 00:00:00 GMTAIDS United & Elton John AIDS Foundation Partner to Invest $11 Million Over 3 Years in Black Queer Male & Trans Communities Across U.S.Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF) has selected AIDS United to manage an investment of $11 million over 3 years for services prioritizing Black gay, bisexual, queer and same-gender loving (GBQ/SGL) men and people who are transgender throughout the United States. The Fund for Resilience, Equity, and Engagement (FREE) is one of the biggest investments of its kind, and will support holistic approaches to HIV prevention and care that incorporate intersecting issues including social and economic inequities and other social determinants of health into their service models. The initiative also aims to increase the capacity of organizations that serve these communities and ensure their readiness for growth and long-term sustainability. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1223'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2019https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1223https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1223Tue, 23 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMTAIDS United Affirms Evidence that Proves People Living with HIV with a Sustained, Undetectable Viral Load Cannot Transmit HIV to Sexual PartnersIn a statement released today, the AIDS United Public Policy Committee?the largest and longest-running national coalition of community-based HIV/AIDS organizations?strongly affirmed the conclusive evidence proving that people living with HIV who have achieved a sustained, undetectable viral load cannot transmit HIV to sexual partners. This evidence-based declaration reinforces AIDS United?s programmatic, policy and advocacy work to expand access to antiretroviral medications to all people living with HIV. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1142'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2017https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1142https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1142Tue, 07 Mar 2017 00:00:00 GMTAIDS United AmeriCorps Members Respond to HIV Outbreak in IndianaWashington D.C., AIDS United AmeriCorps members are responding to the recent HIV outbreak in Southeastern Indiana by providing HIV testing and other key services in partnership with the Indiana State Department of Health. Southeastern Indiana, an area with few new HIV diagnoses annually, has confirmed more than 80 new cases this year, with more anticipated. This represents an explosive increase in new HIV diagnoses this year, moving Indiana Gov. Mike Pence to declare a public health emergency. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1122'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2015https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1122https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1122Tue, 07 Apr 2015 00:00:00 GMTAIDS United and 21 HIV Groups Urge Trump to Honor SOTU CommitmentWe are cautiously encouraged by the President's call during his State of the Union remarks to end HIV transmissions by 2030; however, this goal is achievable only with hard work and the appropriate investment of resources. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1213'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2019https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1213https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1213Tue, 05 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMTAIDS United and ACT NOW: END AIDS Release Community-Driven Roadmap to End HIV Epidemic in U.S. by 2025For the first time since the National HIV/AIDS Strategy in 2010, the domestic HIV community has come together to call on the U.S. government to declare an official goal of ending the domestic HIV epidemic by 2025 and urging it to enact legislative and regulatory policies and sufficient appropriations to achieve this goal. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1209'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2018https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1209https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1209Fri, 30 Nov 2018 00:00:00 GMTAIDS United and Project Inform Release Report on Efforts to Bring Safer Consumption Spaces to U.S.AIDS United and Project Inform released a report today examining current efforts to bring Safer Consumption Spaces (SCS) ? protected places used for the hygienic consumption of pre-obtained drugs in a non-judgmental environment and under the supervision of trained staff ? to the United States. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1208'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2018https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1208https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1208Wed, 28 Nov 2018 00:00:00 GMTAIDS United Announces Richard Sorian as Senior Communications AdvisorAIDS United announced today that Richard Sorian, a respected communications and HIV policy leader, has joined the organization as a Senior Communications Advisor. He will lead efforts to communicate with the public and policymakers about HIV issues, policies and programs. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1162'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2017https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1162https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1162Fri, 11 Aug 2017 00:00:00 GMTAIDS United Announces Vice Presidents John E. Roane Jr. and Valerie L. RochesterAIDS United, dedicated to ending the HIV epidemic in the United States, has selected John E. Roane Jr. to serve as vice president of operations and Valerie L. Rochester to serve as vice president for strategic grant-making & capacity building. Rochester begins in her role effective today, June 1, 2017 and Roane began his tenure on May 15, 2017. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1154'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2017https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1154https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1154Thu, 01 Jun 2017 00:00:00 GMTAIDS UNITED APPLAUDS USPSTF GRADING OF PrEPThe following is a statement from AIDS United Vice President for Policy and Advocacy on draft guidance released today by the U.S. Prevention Services Task Force (USPSTF) giving HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) an ?A? grade for individuals at high risk of HIV acquisition: <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1207'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2018https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1207https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1207Tue, 20 Nov 2018 00:00:00 GMTAIDS United awards $115,000 to support and expand transgender leadershipThrough the Transgender Leadership Initiative, AIDS United has awarded a total of $115,000 in grants to eight organizations to increase transgender leadership within organizations, in community planning bodies and in local networks to aid the response to HIV. The initiative is supported by the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1203'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2018https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1203https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1203Wed, 26 Sep 2018 00:00:00 GMTAIDS United Awards $300,000 to Support Leadership Development for People Living with HIVAIDS United has awarded grants totaling $500,000 to six community-based organizations to help end HIV stigma and discrimination while building leadership among people living with HIV. AIDS United?s newly-renamed People Organizing Positively (POP) initiative, with generous support from Gilead Sciences, taps a new generation of leaders living with HIV to help end the HIV epidemic in the U.S. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1210'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2018https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1210https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1210Thu, 06 Dec 2018 00:00:00 GMTAIDS United Board of Trustees Names Jesse Milan, Jr. President and CEOAIDS United Board of Trustees has named Jesse Milan, Jr., as president & CEO. Mr. Milan, a 30-year HIV/AIDS community advocate and nationally recognized leader and speaker on HIV/AIDS policies and programs, has served as Interim President & CEO since June 20, 2016. He takes the helm in the permament position effective immediately. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1135'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2016https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1135https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1135Mon, 28 Nov 2016 00:00:00 GMTAIDS United Calls for Supervised Injection Facilities as Part of Comprehensive HIV Prevention Strategy for People Who Use DrugsThe AIDS United Public Policy Committee, the largest and longest-running national coalition of community-based HIV/AIDS organizations, calls for the local implementation of supervised injection facilities as part of a comprehensive public health approach to reduce overdose deaths, prevent the transmission of HIV and hepatitis C and improve quality of life among people who inject drugs. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1131'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2016https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1131https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1131Wed, 06 Jul 2016 00:00:00 GMTAIDS United Calls on Trump Administration to Protect the Rights of Transgender Youth in SchoolsAIDS United stands in support of transgender youth and their families affected by the Trump Administration?s withdrawal of Title IX school guidance protections issued by the Departments of Justice and Education. We call on the Trump Administration to immediately affirm that Title IX protects transgender students? access to education unfettered by discrimination. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1140'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2017https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1140https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1140Wed, 22 Feb 2017 00:00:00 GMTAIDS United Calls on Trump Administration To Reverse Their Discriminatory Ban on Transgender Individuals Serving in the MilitaryAIDS United strongly condemns the recent announcement from President Trump stating that the United States Government will no longer accept or allow transgender individuals to serve in the military in any capacity. This decision is an unacceptable and gross display of bigotry that is an insult to all U.S. service members faithfully serving their country. When the Obama administration announced last June that transgender individuals would be able to serve openly in the military, we were not ?burdened,? but strengthened. A ban against Americans serving in the military because of their gender identity is a malicious and harmful action that is being carried out not for the safety or efficacy of those in uniform, but for the intolerance of those in power. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1158'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2017https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1158https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1158Wed, 26 Jul 2017 00:00:00 GMTAIDS United Denounces House Passage of the Disastrous and Deadly American Health Care ActAIDS United denounces the House of Representatives for voting for the American Health Care Act (AHCA), a bill which would set back efforts to end the HIV epidemic in favor of a hefty tax break for the wealthy. If the bill is signed into law millions of Americans, including people living with HIV, may find themselves priced out of coverage and discriminated against for their age, gender or pre-existing conditions. The AHCA, if passed, would end the Medicaid expansion, end Medicaid as an entitlement program, relies on ineffective high risk pools and is expected to cause at least 24 million Americans to lose health coverage. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1149'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2017https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1149https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1149Thu, 04 May 2017 00:00:00 GMTAIDS United Elects Diverse Cohort of New TrusteesThe AIDS United Board of Trustees has elected four new members to join the Board, bringing the total number of Trustees to 18. AIDS United works through strategic grantmaking, capacity building, formative research and policy to end the AIDS epidemic within the United States. The new trustees broaden the representation of the diverse communities affected and infected by HIV and being a broad depth of experience in treatment access, the Affordable Care Act, HIV service delivery, policy, advocacy, and community relations. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=113'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2014https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=113https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=113Tue, 17 Jun 2014 00:00:00 GMTAIDS United is Moving!AIDS United is thrilled to announce that as of August 28 we will move two blocks to our new home at 1101 14th Street, NW. The new, modern space will allow us to expand our work ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1161'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2017https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1161https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1161Thu, 03 Aug 2017 00:00:00 GMTAIDS United Launches Instagram Promotion to Help Spread the Word About HIV Prevention in Young Gay MenTo encourage community-based organizations serving lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning/queer (LGBTQ) people around the country to incorporate HIV prevention messaging for young gay and bisexual men into their work, AIDS United has launched an Instagram image promotion called ?#PrideInPrevention.? <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=114'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2014https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=114https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=114Wed, 18 Jun 2014 00:00:00 GMTAIDS United Names William McColl New Vice President for Policy and AdvocacyAIDS United, dedicated to ending the HIV epidemic in the United States, announced today that after a broad national search, it has selected William ?Bill? McColl to serve as its next vice president for policy and advocacy. Bill assumes his new role effective December 1 ? World AIDS Day 2017 ? following the upcoming retirement of his predecessor, Ronald Johnson. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1177'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2017https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1177https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1177Thu, 02 Nov 2017 00:00:00 GMTAIDS United Opposes Anti-Safe Drug Consumption Site Policy Rider in House LHHS Appropriations BillAIDS United was troubled to see language in the House of Representative?s Labor, Health and Human Services and Financial Services and General Government Subcommittees' Fiscal Year 2019 (FY19) appropriations bills that prohibits the use of Federal funding for the operation of a ?supervised drug consumption facility,? which is commonly called a safer consumption site (SCS) in the field. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1195'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2018https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1195https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1195Fri, 15 Jun 2018 00:00:00 GMTAIDS United Opposes the American Health Care ActAIDS United opposes the American Health Care Act as released by House Republicans on March 6th. The American Health Care Act would, if passed, strongly affects and potentially worsens treatment and care for people living with HIV and the provision of HIV prevention services for people at risk for infection. AIDS United works toward an end to the HIV epidemic by reaching outcomes described in the National HIV/AIDS Strategy and the many state-specific efforts to curb and finally end the epidemic. These outcomes include reducing HIV incidence, increasing access to care and improving health outcomes for people living with HIV, and reducing HIV-related health disparities. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1143'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2017https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1143https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1143Wed, 08 Mar 2017 00:00:00 GMTAIDS United Provides Support to HIV Organizations in Hurricane AreasOrganizations serving the HIV community in Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico have received more than $190,000 in combined funding to help them meet the needs of people living with and affected by HIV in communities damaged by this year?s hurricanes affecting Texas, Florida, Louisiana, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The funding will be used to support a range of services including housing, safe food and water, medicine, and care. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1170'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2017https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1170https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1170Thu, 12 Oct 2017 00:00:00 GMTAIDS United Public Policy Committee Position Statement on the BCRAAIDS United and the undersigned members of the Public Policy Committee urge the Senate to vote no on the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BRCA). As detailed below, passage of the Act will result in a loss of access to health care of people living with HIV and will undermine the efforts to end AIDS in the United States. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1157'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2017https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1157https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1157Tue, 27 Jun 2017 00:00:00 GMTAIDS United Questions Timing; Approach to PACHA DismissalsWashington DC -- AIDS United expressed concern today, over reports that the Trump Administration had sent letters dismissing all remaining members of the President?s Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) ? six members had previously resigned already, citing a lack of action by the administration to combat the global HIV/AIDS epidemic. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1181'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2017https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1181https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1181Fri, 29 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMTAIDS United Reaffirms Our Condemnation of the Trump Administration?s Shameful Ban on Transgender Individuals Serving in the MilitaryThis past July, AIDS United issued a statement condemning the Trump Administration?s initial announcement that the United States Government would begin openly discriminating against transgender individuals? right to serve in the U.S. military. We did so not just out of solidarity with the transgender community, but also with the hope that we could play a part in changing President Trump?s decision with regards to this unjustifiable and unnecessary declaration of bigotry. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1164'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2017https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1164https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1164Wed, 30 Aug 2017 00:00:00 GMTAIDS United Releases ?Commit to Compliance? Toolkit for Non-Profits Receiving Federal FundsWashington, D.C. ? Toolkit inspired by requirements of AIDS United?s Social Innovation Fund grant for its Access to Care Initiative <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=108'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2014https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=108https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=108Fri, 28 Feb 2014 00:00:00 GMTAIDS United Releases Consensus Statement for Providing Trans-Affirming HIV Medical Care, Support Services and FundingIn a community-created consensus statement released today, AIDS United provides critical guidance for clinical providers, funders and social service providers to strengthen their understanding of how best to engage and support transgender communities. The statement provides concrete and measurable steps organizations can take to improve their approach to HIV work in transgender communities and was drafted by 12 transgender leaders at a think tank convened by AIDS United and generously supported by Janssen Therapeutics, Division of Janssen Products, LP. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1155'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2017https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1155https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1155Mon, 05 Jun 2017 00:00:00 GMTAIDS United Responds to Fiscal Year 2017 Omnibus Appropriations BillAIDS United acknowledges that the Fiscal Year 2017 omnibus appropriations bill, released last night, provides continuity of HIV funding for most domestic programs. This is an important development for maintaining our progress towards the national goals and priorities of reducing new HIV infections, increasing access to care and improving health outcomes for people living with HIV, and reducing HIV-related health disparities. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1147'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2017https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1147https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1147Mon, 01 May 2017 00:00:00 GMTAIDS United Response to Appointment of New PACHA MembersThe following is a statement from AIDS United on the appointment of nine new members to the President?s Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1218'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2019https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1218https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1218Thu, 14 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMTAIDS United Retention in Care Initiative Addresses Key Barriers Facing Medically Underserved People Living with HIVThe AIDS United Retention in Care (RiC) initiative, a three-year partnership launched by AIDS United and the M?A?C AIDS Fund, the philanthropic arm of M?A?C Cosmetics, to address key barriers to HIV care, announced today that these efforts improved on national retention in HIV care benchmarks by 25 percent, viral suppression by 25 percent over national averages and saved up to $6.75 for every dollar spent. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1137'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2016https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1137https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1137Mon, 12 Dec 2016 00:00:00 GMTAIDS United Senior Vice President Vignetta Eugenia Charles Appointed to Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDSVignetta Eugenia Charles, PhD, Senior Vice President for AIDS United, has been appointed to the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA). Formed by Executive Order in June 1995, PACHA provides advice, information, and recommendations to the Secretary regarding programs and policies related to HIV prevention, care and research. Members are selected for their particular expertise in, experience with, or knowledge of, matters concerning HIV and AIDS. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=116'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2014https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=116https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=116Thu, 04 Sep 2014 00:00:00 GMTAIDS United Stands in Support of Safer Consumption Spaces in the United StatesThe following is a statement from AIDS United Vice President for Policy and Advocacy William McColl in response to reports that the Justice Department has filed suit in a Pennsylvania Federal Court, seeking to prevent the opening of a first-of-its-kind safer consumption site (also known as supervised injection facility), in Philadelphia: <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1214'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2019https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1214https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1214Thu, 07 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMTAIDS United Statement on DOJ Filing in Support of Decision to Strike Down ACAThe following is a statement from AIDS United on the Department of Justice?s filing with the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals that the lower court?s ruling should be affirmed in the Texas v. United States health care lawsuit: <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1219'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2019https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1219https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1219Tue, 26 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMTAIDS United Statement on House Oversight Hearing on PrEP Pricing and AccessRead AIDS United's statement on today?s House Oversight Committee hearing on the pricing practices of Gilead Sciences, Inc. related to its marketing of Truvada for PrEP and claims that the government may have failed to leverage use patents to which it may be entitled to negotiate lower prices and ultimately broader PrEP access: <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1227'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2019https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1227https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1227Wed, 15 May 2019 00:00:00 GMTAIDS United Statement on Preservation of Six Protected Classes in Final Medicare Part D RuleWashington, DC -- ?AIDS United is grateful that the final Medicare Part D rule released by the Trump Administration today will continue guaranteeing access to the treatments that enrollees living with HIV depend on for their health and their lives. Part D?s six protected classes allow enrollees living with HIV and other serious conditions like cancer and mental health disorders to access the specific treatment their doctor deems most appropriate without interruption. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1228'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2019https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1228https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1228Thu, 16 May 2019 00:00:00 GMTAIDS UNITED STATEMENT ON TRUMP ADMINISTRATION PLANS TO REALLOCATE RYAN WHITE FUNDING FOR CHILD SEPARATION TIED TO ZERO TOLERANCE BORDER POLICYStatement from AIDS United CEO Jesse Milan, Jr. on reports that the Trump administration is seeking to reallocate funding meant for the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program to the Office of Refugee Resettlement to cover the costs associated with resettling children separated from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1197'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2018https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1197https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1197Tue, 10 Jul 2018 00:00:00 GMTAIDS United Statement on Trump Administration Policy Banning Military Service for People Living With HIVIn February of this year, the Trump administration unveiled new policies that, if implemented, would effectively bar people living with HIV from serving in the military. The policy was outlined in a Department of Defense memo and described by Under Secretary of Defense for Personal Readiness Robert Wilkie as a ?deploy or be removed policy?, which the administration claims is meant to improve military readiness for deployment. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1200'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2018https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1200https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1200Mon, 23 Jul 2018 00:00:00 GMTAIDS United Statement on Trump Orders Banning Trans Military ServiceLate Friday, President Trump released new orders attempting to bar transgender soldiers from serving in the military, a policy that the nation and our courts have already deemed ugly and unnecessary. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1187'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2018https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1187https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1187Sat, 24 Mar 2018 00:00:00 GMTAIDS United Statement on Warren, Cummings Introduction of Comprehensive Legislation to Combat Opioid EpidemicToday, Senator Elizabeth Warren and Representative Elijah Cummings introduced the Comprehensive Addiction Resources Emergency (CARE) Act of 2018, which would authorize significant, long-term funding for local strategies that reduce fatal overdoses, increase substance use treatment, and address the infectious disease consequences of the opioid crisis. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1191'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2018https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1191https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1191Wed, 18 Apr 2018 00:00:00 GMTAIDS United Statement Opposing HHS Final Rule Granting Health Care Providers License to DiscriminateWashington, D.C. -- AIDS United is vehemently opposed to the final rule released by the Trump Administration today that rolls back protections from discrimination in health care for LGBTQ individuals, as well as other marginalized communities. The rule, disguised as ?protecting statutory conscience rights? of health care providers, grants providers exemptions from anti-discrimination regulations based on a claim of religious or moral objections. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1225'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2019https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1225https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1225Thu, 02 May 2019 00:00:00 GMTAIDS United Thanks Phill Wilson for Two Decades of Service, Congratulates Him on Retirement from Black AIDS InstituteThis Black History Month, we honor black leaders past and present who inspired our nation and helped create a more fair and just America. This year we must include Phill Wilson who announced this retirement this week. Phill is founder and CEO of the Black AIDS Institute and has dedicated his life to ensuring that those most affected by HIV are central to our response. For two decades, he has worked ceaselessly, fearlessly and selflessly on behalf of African Americans living with and vulnerable to this disease, all the while demonstrating the incredible accomplishments one could achieve while living with HIV. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1185'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2018https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1185https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1185Tue, 06 Feb 2018 00:00:00 GMTAIDS United Urges the Kanawha-Charleston Health Department to Reopen their Successful Syringe Access ProgramAIDS United stands in support of the KCHD SSP as an essential community service and the antidote to ? not the cause of ? drug-related harm experienced by Charleston. AIDS United also stands ready to provide technical assistance and training to the Kanawha-Charleston leadership or public to help better understand harm reduction and the concerns raised by the closure of the program. We applaud the KCHD staff and volunteers and thank them for their strength under intense public scrutiny and controversy. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1190'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2018https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1190https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1190Mon, 02 Apr 2018 00:00:00 GMTAIDS United Welcomes ViiV Healthcare?s Eric Dube to Its Board of TrusteesAIDS United announced today the election of Eric Dube, head of North America for ViiV Healthcare, to its Board of Trustees. Mr. Dube brings nearly 20 years of pharmaceutical leadership experience to the Board and brings the total number of Trustees to 18, deepening the expertise in emerging and unmet needs of communities most affected by HIV and other chronic conditions across the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1205'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2018https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1205https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1205Tue, 06 Nov 2018 00:00:00 GMTAIDS United?s Board Welcomes Cecilia Chung, Dr. June Gipson, and Dr. David HoltgraveAIDS United is thrilled to announce the election of three new members ? Cecilia Chung, Dr. June Gipson, and Dr. David Holtgrave -- to its Board of Trustees. Their appointments bring the total number of Trustees to 17 and significantly broadens the diversity and representation of communities most affected by HIV. These new trustees have a depth of experience in HIV advocacy, service delivery, and research that we will no doubt rely on heavily as we expand our work and impact and push closer to realizing our shared vision of an end to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1192'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2018https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1192https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1192Tue, 08 May 2018 00:00:00 GMTAIDS United?s Statement on President Trump?s Budget for FY 2018AIDS United is shocked by President Trump?s Fiscal Year 2018 budget request released today. It threatens to roll back the progress in the fight against the domestic HIV epidemic. Now more than ever we must maintain and strengthen our progress towards our national goals and priorities of reducing new HIV infections, increasing access to care and improving health outcomes for people living with HIV, and reducing HIV-related health disparities. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1152'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2017https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1152https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1152Tue, 23 May 2017 00:00:00 GMTAIDS United-Affiliated Leaders Honored by Planned Parenthood for Black History MonthWashington, D.C. ? Donna Crews, AIDS United Director of Government Affairs, and Deon Haywood, Executive Director of Women with a Vision (an AU grantee), each have been honored by Planned Parenthood for Black History Month as one of 98 Planned Parenthood Dream Keepers. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=106'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2014https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=106https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=106Wed, 12 Feb 2014 00:00:00 GMTAIDSWatch organizers announce recipients of Leadership AwardsAIDS United, The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation (ETAF), the Treatment Access Expansion Project (TAEP), and the US People Living with HIV Caucus (HIV Caucus) will recognize community leaders and legislators who have gone above and beyond in the response to the domestic HIV epidemic at the 25th Anniversary AIDSWatch this month. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1186'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2018https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1186https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1186Tue, 20 Mar 2018 00:00:00 GMTAIDSWatch Organizers Honor Members of Congress for Dedication to Ending HIVAIDSWatch 2014 organizers will be honoring two retiring members of Congress who have been leaders in advancing public policy that helps to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=111'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2014https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=111https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=111Tue, 08 Apr 2014 00:00:00 GMTAMERICANS DESERVE SUBSTANTIVE ACTION ON OPIOID EPIDEMICLeading HIV and STD organizations in the United States are both alarmed by the nation?s growing opioid epidemic and determined to do everything in our power to end it. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1175'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2017https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1175https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1175Thu, 26 Oct 2017 00:00:00 GMTAs Nation Struggles to Confront Opioid Crisis; Fund Announces $2.4M for Syringe Service Programs and PolicyAs the nation?s public health system struggles to respond to the expanding opioid epidemic, AIDS United?s Syringe Access Fund announced nearly $2.4 million in grants today to 62 organizations working to prevent HIV and viral hepatitis through the provision of sterile injection equipment, critical health education and messaging, and local and regional advocacy. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1184'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2018https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1184https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1184Thu, 01 Feb 2018 00:00:00 GMTAU Receives Award from CDC for G2Zero Capacity Building Assistance ProjectThanks to an award from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), AIDS United will be able to provide capacity-building assistance to community-based organizations (CBOs) around the country to help them better plan, implement, and sustain high-impact HIV prevention (HIP) interventions and strategies with HIV-positive and high-risk HIV-negative populations. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=110'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2014https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=110https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=110Wed, 26 Mar 2014 00:00:00 GMTAutomatic Continuing Resolutions Threaten Nation?s Progress on HIV, STDs, and HepatitisIn response to the recent government shutdown, some in Congress have proposed an automatic continuing resolution (ACR) to ensure government functions. While we applaud efforts to avoid future shutdowns, we believe an ACR would do more harm than good, putting funding for the nation?s public health and discretionary programs at risk and undermining Congress? essential role in appropriating and setting national priorities. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1216'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2019https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1216https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1216Thu, 21 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMTBristol-Myers Squibb Makes $1 Million Investment, Joining Johnson & Johnson to Support Sector Transformation for HIV/AIDS Service OrganizationsBristol-Myers Squibb commits $1 million to help AIDS service organizations navigate the new realities of health reform. The investment builds on founding support from Johnson & Johnson that launched the Sector Transformation Initiative at AIDS United in 2012. The Initiative helps HIV/AIDS service organizations integrate with the broader health care system to meet the needs of people living with HIV/AIDS under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) using strategic grants, educational opportunities, and technical assistance. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1119'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2014https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1119https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1119Tue, 02 Dec 2014 00:00:00 GMTDemonstration Project Amplifies Transgender Leadership in Fight Against HIVWASHINGTON, D.C. ? September 6, 2017 ? Through the generous support of Janssen Therapeutics, Division of Janssen Products, LP, eight organizations in six states, DC and Puerto Rico were awarded AIDS United?s first-ever demonstration grants to increase transgender leadership within organizations, in community planning bodies and in local networks to aid the response to HIV. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1165'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2017https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1165https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1165Wed, 06 Sep 2017 00:00:00 GMTDespite Gains in HIV, STD, and Hepatitis Funding, Omnibus Bill Falls Short on Opioid Funding for Infectious DiseasesFive of the nation?s leading organizations focused on ending the HIV, STD, and hepatitis epidemics in the United States ? AIDS United, NASTAD, the National Coalition of STD Directors, NMAC, and The AIDS Institute ? applaud Congress and the Administration for restoring critical funding for HIV and STDs and bolstering hepatitis programs. The Fiscal Year 2018 Omnibus Appropriations represents a down payment on shoring up the nation?s public health infrastructure, but it also falls short on necessary resources to combat the nation?s opioid crisis and associated infectious diseases <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1189'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2018https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1189https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1189Thu, 29 Mar 2018 00:00:00 GMTDomestic Violence Affects Women Living with HIV at 2 Times National Rate; Trauma Increases Chances of Becoming Infected and Complicates TreatmentAIDS United hosts congressional briefing to raise awareness about and address the intersection of women, violence and HIV.Today, more than 1 in 3 women in the United States will experience significant physical or sexual violence in their lives, often perpetrated by current or former intimate partners, according to a survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Sadly, the rate of intimate partner violence (IPV) and other trauma is even higher among women living with HIV. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=118'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2014https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=118https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=118Wed, 15 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMTDonations to Support Urgent HIV Hurricane Relief Effort NeededThe destruction in these states and U.S. territories demands a speedy response from our community. In the wake of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, the HIV Hurricane Relief Effort was created to provide grants to support organizations serving the needs of people living with and affected by HIV in Florida, Louisiana, and Texas. NMAC is partnering with AIDS United by appointing an HIV Hurricane Relief Advisory Panel of constituents from the affected regions to identify priority emergency needs for the HIV communities in each area. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1169'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2017https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1169https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1169Wed, 27 Sep 2017 00:00:00 GMTFighting for Social Justice and an end to AIDS in the SouthTwenty-one organizations, across nine states in the Deep-South heavily impacted by HIV/AIDS, received critical, innovative, advocacy project funding to advance the rights, health and dignity of people affected by HIV. Through the generous support of the Ford Foundation, AIDS United granted $1.4 million to 21 organizations across Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1126'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2016https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1126https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1126Tue, 05 Jan 2016 00:00:00 GMTFighting the AIDS Epidemic in the Deep South Through Intersectional AdvocacyThrough the generous support of the Ford Foundation, 23 organizations in nine Deep South states heavily impacted by HIV/AIDS will receive critical support to fight the HIV epidemic by addressing the disparities and social injustices that fuel the epidemic. By adopting an intersectional approach, Southern REACH grantees will advance the rights, health and dignity of people affected by HIV in their communities. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1139'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2017https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1139https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1139Mon, 13 Feb 2017 00:00:00 GMTFiscal Year 2017 Spending Bill Cuts STD and Ryan White Part C Funding, Level Funds or Increases Other HIV ProgramsWashington, DC ? Over the weekend, Congress completed negotiations on the remainder of fiscal year (FY) 2017 funding bills for the federal government, averting a government shut-down. While funding was cut for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)?s STD program and Part C of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program, funding was increased for the Housing Opportunities for People with AIDS (HOPWA) program. HIV prevention programs at CDC and other parts of the Ryan White Program were level funded. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1148'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2017https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1148https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1148Tue, 02 May 2017 00:00:00 GMTGet to Know Ten Leaders Making Waves in the SouthToday AIDS United announced the second cohort of the Southern HIV Impact Fund Leadership Development Program aimed at better equipping ten leaders to respond to the challenges t?hat HIV poses to the region and ensure the long-term sustainability of the leaders themselves, their organizations and our movement. With a focus on expanding professional networks and improving leaders? skills, knowledge and resilience, the year-long program provides specialized support tailored to individual goals. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1222'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2019https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1222https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1222Thu, 18 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMTGetting Back to Our Roots: Engaging People Living with HIV as More than Just PatientsWith support from AIDS United?s Positive Organizing Project, nine community-based organizations throughout the country will implement innovative approaches to revitalize grassroots mobilization and engagement of people living with HIV. With funding from the Gilead Foundation, the nine grantees will implement programs that improve HIV treatment outcomes by addressing HIV-related stigma and raising awareness of HIV among community leaders and policy makers. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1124'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2015https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1124https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1124Wed, 14 Oct 2015 00:00:00 GMTGroundbreaking Public-Private Partnership Exceeds National Viral Suppression Rates by More than 25 PercentThe AIDS United Access to Care initiative expanded access to high-quality, life-extending care to over 5,000 people living with HIV, exceeded national viral suppression rates by 27 percent and saved up to $8.83 in future HIV-related medical care for every $1 spent. These innovative models put client health first and move communities closer to achieving the goals and progress indicators in the National HIV/AIDS Strategy Updated to 2020. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1138'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2017https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1138https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1138Thu, 12 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMTHIV and STD Organizations Denounce Trump Administration?s Actions to Degrade the ACAPeople living with HIV and other STDs, particularly people of color, often face multiple barriers to accessing the care and treatment they need to stay healthy. The President?s actions would only strengthen these barriers, making it even more difficult for these communities most impacted by HIV to receive the care they need. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1171'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2017https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1171https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1171Fri, 13 Oct 2017 00:00:00 GMTHIV and STD Orgs Respond to HIV Quarantine QuestionThe HIV and STD advocacy community is greatly disturbed by the reported line of questioning taken by Georgia State Representative Betty Price during a meeting of the House Study Committee on Georgians' Barriers to Access to Adequate Health Care. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1174'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2017https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1174https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1174Mon, 23 Oct 2017 00:00:00 GMTHouse Approps Labor-HHS Subcommittee Invests in National Effort to End HIV Transmissions by 2030The Partnership to End HIV, STDs and Hepatitis thanks the House Appropriations Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Subcommittee for its continued bipartisan investment in HIV, STD, and Hepatitis prevention and care services, particularly new funding that will be used to implement the first year of the Trump Administration?s plan to end the domestic HIV epidemic by 2030. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1224'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2019https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1224https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1224Tue, 30 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMTHouse of Representatives Passes Bill to Take Away Insurance Coverage for MillionsToday, AIDS United, NASTAD, the National Council of STD Directors, NMAC and The AIDS Institute join together to condemn the House of Representatives for passing the American Health Care Act (AHCA). If enacted, the AHCA would take away insurance coverage for millions of Americans and end protections for people with pre-existing conditions. This bill is disastrous for people living with or at risk for HIV and STDs. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1150'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2017https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1150https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1150Thu, 04 May 2017 00:00:00 GMTHundreds of People Living with HIV Converge on D.C.; Rally at Capitol for AIDSWatch Advocacy EventJust days after HHS Secretary Alex Azar appointed an HIV researcher head of the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) and Congress at last agreed on final appropriations for FY2018, more than 500 people living with HIV and their allies gathered in Washington, DC on Monday for the 25th annual AIDSWatch advocacy event. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1188'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2018https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1188https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1188Mon, 26 Mar 2018 00:00:00 GMTIntegrated Community Response Necessary to Address the Intersection of HIV/AIDS, Violence and WomenA report released today from AIDS United about the outcomes of its February 2014 Technical Summit on Women, HIV, and Violence urges a two-pronged strategy to develop ?best practices? to serve women at-risk for and living with HIV who have experienced violence <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=112'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2014https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=112https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=112Thu, 22 May 2014 00:00:00 GMTInterim President & CEO Of AIDS United To Deliver Keynote At National Trans Health ConferenceThe National Trans Health Conference Host Committee is pleased to announce and welcome Jesse Milan Jr., JD, interim president and CEO of AIDS United as a keynote speaker of the 4th annual conference. The event, taking place in Atlanta, Georgia November 17 - 19, is themed ?We are NOT Invisible, TRANS Lives Matter.? <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1133'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2016https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1133https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1133Mon, 12 Sep 2016 00:00:00 GMTJesse Milan, Jr. Named AIDS United Interim President & CEOThe AIDS United Board of Trustees has named Jesse Milan, Jr., a tireless community advocate and nationally recognized leader on HIV/AIDS policies and programs, as interim president and CEO. After participating in last week?s meetings of the Board of Trustees and Public Policy Committee, Milan begins working a regular schedule in the AIDS United office on June 20, to allow 10 days of overlap before the outgoing president and CEO departs on June 30. Milan will serve through the selection and start of a permanent hire, anticipated in fall of 2016. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1130'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2016https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1130https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1130Mon, 20 Jun 2016 00:00:00 GMTLargest and Longest-Running HIV/AIDS Coalition Calls for Scale-Up of PrEPThe largest and longest-running national coalition of community-based HIV/AIDS organizations, the AIDS United Public Policy Committee (PPC) ? which covers jurisdictions that include more than two-thirds of people living with HIV/AIDS ? calls for the scale-up of pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP. PrEP, a breakthrough in biomedical HIV prevention, involves a once-daily medication that when taken as directed, reduces the risk of HIV infection by upwards of 90%. The PPC commits to raising awareness of and reducing barriers to full scale-up of PrEP as a critically important prevention tool for people faced with substantial risk of HIV infection. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=119'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2014https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=119https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=119Mon, 24 Nov 2014 00:00:00 GMTLatest Attack on Americans? Health Care Must Be DefeatedWe urge Senate Republicans to protect the health care needs of vulnerable individuals living with HIV and other STDs by opposing the Cassidy-Graham-Heller-Johnson Amendment to H.R. 1628, the ?American Health Care Act of 2017.? The proposal would strip coverage from those who need it the most ? people with low incomes, living with life-threatening and chronic conditions, or with pre-existing medical conditions. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1168'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2017https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1168https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1168Tue, 19 Sep 2017 00:00:00 GMTLifting of Federal Ban and $2.6 Million in Private Investments in Syringe Exchange Programs Reduces Risk of Future HIV OutbreaksScott County became the epicenter of the largest outbreak of HIV in Indiana?s history when more than 188 people became newly infected early last year. This unprecedented injection-drug related HIV outbreak devastated the region and captivated the nation?s attention. The CDC estimates lifetime treatment costs associated with the epidemic may exceed $100 million. Sadly, with sound policy and appropriate resources the outbreak was preventable. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1127'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2016https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1127https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1127Tue, 16 Feb 2016 00:00:00 GMTMobilizing People Living with HIV to Fight StigmaThrough the AIDS United Positive Organizing Project, with funding from Gilead Sciences, the concept of meaningful engagement of people living with HIV/AIDS is being revitalized. Through the initiative, 17 community-based organizations throughout the country will tackle HIV-related stigma and discrimination in their communities by advancing grassroots organizing among people living with HIV. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1134'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2016https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1134https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1134Tue, 15 Nov 2016 00:00:00 GMTMonique Tula Named AIDS United Vice President of ProgramsAIDS United, dedicated to ending the HIV epidemic in the U.S., has promoted Monique Tula to vice president of programs, overseeing all grant-making and capacity building initiatives at the agency, effective March 1, 2016. Tula brings more than 20 years of progressive leadership, harm reduction and organizational development experience in the HIV field. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1128'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2016https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1128https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1128Tue, 23 Feb 2016 00:00:00 GMTMonique Tula, Vice President of Programs, to leave AIDS UnitedAfter more than 4 years of service, Monique Tula will leave AIDS United at the end of August to accept the position of executive director for the Harm Reduction Coalition, a national nonprofit based in New York City and Oakland, CA dedicated to advancing the health and dignity of people and communities impacted by drug use. Harm Reduction Coalition serves as an integral partner of AIDS United?s capacity building portfolio. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1132'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2016https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1132https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1132Fri, 05 Aug 2016 00:00:00 GMTNation?s HIV and STD Leaders Condemn the Senate for Inclusion of Individual Mandate Repeal in the Tax Reform BillWashington, DC ? AIDS United, NASTAD, the National Coalition of STD Directors, NMAC, and The AIDS Institute collectively condemn today?s passage of HR 1 by the Senate, especially its inclusion of the Affordable Care Act?s individual mandate repeal. HR1 will likely have widespread, detrimental impact on critical entitlement programs such as Medicaid and Medicare as well as on health-related spending. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1179'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2017https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1179https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1179Sat, 02 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMTNation?s HIV Leaders Raise Alarm Over Lack of HIV, STD Mention in HHS Strategic PlanFive of the nation?s leading organizations focused on ending the HIV and STD epidemics in the United States have collectively expressed their grave concern with the lack of focus on HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Strategic Plan, FY2018-2022. Despite the crucial importance of the intersectional issues of HIV and STDs, including hepatitis, to our nation?s public health, the report is relatively silent on these issues. The document contains no mention of other STDs, mentions HIV only twice and hepatitis just once. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1176'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2017https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1176https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1176Tue, 31 Oct 2017 00:00:00 GMTNation?s Largest HIV/AIDS Organizations Condemn Efforts to Ban Words at CDC, Erase Transgender and DiversityFive of the nation?s leading organizations focused on ending the HIV and STD epidemics in the United States ? AIDS United, NASTAD, the National Coalition of STD Directors, NMAC and The AIDS Institute ? expressed alarm over reports that the Trump Administration barred staff at the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) from using certain words in its FY2019 budget justification to Congress. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1180'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2017https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1180https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1180Mon, 18 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMTNation?s Leading HIV & STD Organizations Oppose Formation of New ?Conscience and Religious Freedom Division? at HHSAIDS United, NASTAD, the National Coalition of STD Directors, NMAC and The AIDS Institute, jointly condemned the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announcement today of the formation of a new Conscience and Religious Freedom Division (CRFD) in the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR). The CRFD will be tasked with ?restor[ing] federal enforcement of our nation?s laws that protect the fundamental and unalienable rights of conscience and religious freedom.? To those of us who work to promote the health of LGBTQ people, those living with HIV, including people of color, and other marginalized communities, we recognize this as dog-whistle politics and an attempt at state-sanctioned discrimination. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1182'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2018https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1182https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1182Fri, 19 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMTNation?s Leading HIV, STD and Hepatitis Organizations Gravely Concerned by Trump Administration?s Refusal to Defend ACAFive of the nation?s leading HIV, STD, and viral hepatitis organizations expressed grave concern today at the Trump Administration?s decision not to defend critical components of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in legal challenges brought by the state of Texas. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1193'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2018https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1193https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1193Tue, 12 Jun 2018 00:00:00 GMTNation?s Leading HIV, STD, and Hepatitis Organizations Applaud Passage of Bipartisan Spending PackageFive of the nation?s leading organizations focused on ending the HIV, STD, and hepatitis epidemics in the United States ? AIDS United, NASTAD, the National Coalition of STD Directors, NMAC, and The AIDS Institute ? applaud Congress for passage of a bipartisan spending bill that sustains critical funding for HIV, STD, and hepatitis programs, and provides new funding to respond the nation?s surging opioid crisis. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1204'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2018https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1204https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1204Fri, 28 Sep 2018 00:00:00 GMTNation?s Leading HIV/AIDS, STD & Hepatitis Organizations Request Funding for CDC to Address Opioid Crisis and Infectious DiseasesFive of the nation?s leading organizations focused on ending the HIV, STD, and hepatitis epidemics in the United States ? AIDS United, NASTAD, the National Coalition of STD Directors, NMAC and The AIDS Institute ? are urging Congress to immediately provide an additional $100 million to the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) to tackle the recent explosion of infectious diseases due to opioid use in the United States. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1183'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2018https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1183https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1183Mon, 29 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMTNation?s Top HIV Funders Announce Historic Partnership, Game Changing Investment in U.S. SouthWASHINGTON, DC ? Today, Gilead Sciences, Ford Foundation, Elton John AIDS Foundation, ViiV Healthcare, and Johnson & Johnson ? leading funders of the domestic HIV response ? launched a first-of-its-kind collaborative, The Southern HIV Impact Fund (The Fund) to stop the persistent and worsening impact of the epidemic on the region. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1178'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2017https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1178https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1178Fri, 01 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMTNational Health Organizations Strongly Oppose Proposed Repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and Call on Congress and the Administration to Ensure Continued Protections for People Living with HIVOn March 6, 2017, Republican members of the House of Representatives released proposed legislation to repeal key provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) which would significantly limit access to private insurance and Medicaid for those who need it most. The American Health Care Act would substantially decrease coverage options and increase insurance costs for people living with HIV and decrease STD screening and treatment through reduced insurance access. The plan also reduces federal Medicaid contributions through a per capita cap, which could cause states to make cuts to eligibility, benefits, and important consumer protections and would mean going back to cruel pre-ACA rules where a person must wait to be disabled by HIV in order to be eligible for Medicaid. The legislation also cuts funding for vital services for women?s health and eliminates the Prevention and Public Health Fund, which funds 12% of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention?s budget. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1144'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2017https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1144https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1144Fri, 10 Mar 2017 00:00:00 GMTNational Latinx AIDS Awareness DayASPIRA, National Hispanic Council on Aging (NHCOA), League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), National Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA), AIDS United, Hispanic Radio Network and Pinyon Foundation, in alliance with the Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC) have come together to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS and stigma. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1172'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2017https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1172https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1172Sat, 14 Oct 2017 00:00:00 GMTNational Organizations Join Forces to Ensure Continued Protections for People Living with HIV and Progress Toward Ending the HIV EpidemicIn order to continue the progress we have made over the past decades in the HIV/AIDS movement, leaders of five national non-partisan health organizations have announced a collaborative, strategic partnership aimed at bolstering ongoing efforts to advocate for HIV and STD programs and appropriations. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1141'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2017https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1141https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1141Mon, 27 Feb 2017 00:00:00 GMTNational Research Project Brings Game-Changing Interventions to ScaleAIDS United and Boston University School of Public Health?s Center for Advancing Health Policy and Practice (CAHPP) have been tapped to lead a national, first-of-its-kind project to disseminate and test evidence-informed interventions to improve access to HIV care for people who face some of the largest disparities across the United States. Using an implementation-science approach, 12 sites across the country will be supported with practical tools, technical assistance and evaluation expertise to ensure successful replication of four interventions to improve patient outcomes. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1129'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2016https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1129https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1129Tue, 14 Jun 2016 00:00:00 GMTOrganizations at Forefront of Fight Against HIV Given New Flexibility to Provide Treatment ServicesAIDS United welcomes the Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA) HIV/AIDS Bureau?s new Policy Clarification Notice (#15-01) which revises an overly-restrictive interpretation of the Ryan White Program?s 10% administrative cap. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1121'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2015https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1121https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1121Thu, 12 Mar 2015 00:00:00 GMTPartnership to End HIV, STDs and Hepatitis Statement Opposing Roll Back of ACA?s LGBTQ ProtectionsPartnership to End HIV, STDs and Hepatitis vehemently opposes the proposed rule change released today by the Trump Administration that would roll back protections from discrimination in health care for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer/questioning (LGBTQ) individuals under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1229'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2019https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1229https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1229Fri, 24 May 2019 00:00:00 GMTPartnership to End HIV, STDs, and Hepatitis Statement on HHS Funding Vote in House Appropriations CommitteeThe House Appropriations Committee voted yesterday to invest significantly, not just in the health of our nation, but in a vision for an America free from new HIV diagnoses. The Trump Administration first challenged the nation to end new HIV transmissions by 2030 at this year?s State of the Union, and yesterday the House of Representatives appeared poised to not just meet that challenge but to raise the bar even higher. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1226'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2019https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1226https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1226Thu, 09 May 2019 00:00:00 GMTPartnership to End HIV, STDs, and Hepatitis Statement on President Trump?s FY2020 Budget RequestWe welcome the President?s request for $291 million in increased funding for HIV prevention, care and treatment at CDC, HRSA's Ryan White Program and Community Health Centers, and the Indian Health Service. At the same time, we are troubled by proposed cuts to other health, housing, and safety net programs, particularly the $63 million cut to the Housing Opportunities for People with AIDS (HOPWA) program, which provides critical housing support for people living with HIV. We are also disappointed with proposed cuts to PEPFAR, a program through which the U.S. has provided essential leadership in the global fight against this epidemic. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1217'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2019https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1217https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1217Mon, 11 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMTPolicy Lead from Partnership of the Nation?s Leading HIV, STD, and Hepatitis Organizations Appointed Co-Chair of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA)We applaud Secretary of the Department of Health Human Services Alex Azar?s naming of Carl Schmid, Deputy Executive Director of The AIDS Institute, as a co-chair of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA). Mr. Schmid is one of the key policy leads for the HIV, STD, & Hepatitis Policy Partnership, a coalition of five of the nation?s leading organizations focused on ending the HIV, STD, and viral hepatitis epidemics in the United States. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1211'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2018https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1211https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1211Tue, 11 Dec 2018 00:00:00 GMTPresident Trump?s FY 2018 Budget Cuts Essential HIV/AIDS, STD ProgramsWashington, DC ? Yesterday, President Donald Trump released his administration?s detailed FY 2018 Budget. AIDS United, NASTAD, the National Council of STD Directors, NMAC and The AIDS Institute join together to oppose the draconian cuts proposed by the Administration including many programs that are essential for the treatment and prevention of HIV/AIDS and STDs. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1153'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2017https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1153https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1153Wed, 24 May 2017 00:00:00 GMTPresident Trump's Budget Request Will Hamper US Response to HIV and STDsOn March 16, 2017, President Trump released the administration?s initial budget request, which severely cuts funding to agencies responsible for protecting the public health and responding to infectious diseases, including HIV. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) faces an 18% cut to funding. Congress must support HIV and STD programs by rejecting this topline budget and ensuring that funding for non-defense discretionary programs is maintained. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1145'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2017https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1145https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1145Thu, 16 Mar 2017 00:00:00 GMTSenate Funding Bill Protects HIV, STD ProgramsAdvocates for a robust response to the continuing needs and challenges of the HIV and STD epidemics are encouraged by the recent bipartisan legislation approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee funding the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education in Fiscal Year 2018. The Committee rejected President Trump?s harsh proposals to cut federal funding for HIV and STD prevention and treatment. The Committee?s Fiscal Year 2018 bill instead would continue funding for domestic HIV programs at their current Fiscal Year 2017 levels. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1167'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2017https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1167https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1167Thu, 14 Sep 2017 00:00:00 GMTSenate Health Care Bill is Disastrous for the HIV and STD CommunityToday, AIDS United, NASTAD, the National Council of STD Directors, NMAC and The AIDS Institute join together to condemn the inhumane Senate healthcare bill, which will decimate Medicaid, change private insurance reforms that protect people living with or at risk of HIV and/or STDs, and undermines public health infrastructure. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1156'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2017https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1156https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1156Fri, 23 Jun 2017 00:00:00 GMTSenate Must Halt Attacks on Healthcare for People Living with HIV and Millions of AmericansWe are deeply concerned by the Senate?s continuing efforts to take away life-sustaining health care coverage and protections from millions of people who desperately need them. All of the iterations of this legislation threaten the health and well-being of people living with and affected by HIV and other STDs at a time when our nation is making important progress to end the epidemic and STDs are at a 20 year high. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1159'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2017https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1159https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1159Wed, 26 Jul 2017 00:00:00 GMTSeven Health Organizations File Lawsuit Against Short-Term, Limited-Duration Plan Final RuleThe Association for Community Affiliated Plans (ACAP), National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), Mental Health America, American Psychiatric Association (APA), AIDS United, National Partnership for Women & Families, and Little Lobbyists today filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to invalidate the short-term, limited-duration insurance (STLDI) plan rule issued last month by three federal agencies. This rule will harm patients and their families as well as others in the health care system by undermining access to quality, affordable coverage, will significantly disrupt insurance markets in states across the country, and threatens to bring back abusive practices that harm consumers specifically prohibited by the Affordable Care Act (ACA). <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1201'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2018https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1201https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1201Fri, 14 Sep 2018 00:00:00 GMTSouthern HIV Impact Fund Awards Second Round of Funding, Totaling Nearly $2.9 millionToday the Southern HIV Impact Fund (the Fund) announced its second round of awards. Totaling nearly $2.9 million, round two funds will support 43 organizations working to end HIV?s persistent and worsening impact on the U.S. South, which accounts for more than half of all new HIV diagnoses and 40 percent of all Americans living with AIDS. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1212'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2019https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1212https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1212Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMTStatement from HIV, STD & Hepatitis Policy Partnership on Meeting with CDC Director Robert RedfieldLast week, the executive directors of the National HIV, STD & Hepatitis Policy Partnership met with Robert Redfield, M.D., the new director of the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC). <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1196'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2018https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1196https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1196Mon, 25 Jun 2018 00:00:00 GMTSTATEMENT ON TRUMP ADMINISTRATION PLANS TO REALLOCATE HIV, VIRAL HEPATITIS, STD FUNDING FOR THE UNACCOMPANIED ALIEN CHILDREN PROGRAMThe nation?s five leading organizations focused on ending the HIV, STD, and hepatitis epidemics in the United States ? AIDS United, NASTAD, the National Coalition of STD Directors, NMAC, and The AIDS Institute ? are shocked and deeply troubled by a notification of transfer that the Trump administration plans to divert funding from the current fiscal year for HIV/AIDS, STD, and hepatitis care, treatment, and prevention and other public health programs to cover the rising costs in the Unaccompanied Alien Children Program. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1202'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2018https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1202https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1202Thu, 20 Sep 2018 00:00:00 GMTSyringe Access Fund Awards More $2 Million in GrantsWashington, D.C. ? The Syringe Access Fund (SAF), a collaborative funding initiative of the Elton John AIDS Foundation, Levi Strauss Foundation, Open Society Foundations, Irene Diamond Fund, Tides Foundation, and AIDS United, announced the award of 50 grants totaling $2.4 million for SAF?s Round Eight Grant Cycle, which runs through 2016. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=107'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2014https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=107https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=107Thu, 27 Feb 2014 00:00:00 GMTSyringe Access Fund Grantees Share Front-Line Accounts and Offer Recommendations to Address Opioids and Infectious DiseasesOn a telebriefing today, AIDS United convened staff from the Syringe Access Fund and grantees, to discuss a new report on trends identified through its latest round of funding and their first-hand experience on the front lines of the opioid crisis and recommendations to address this growing threat. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1206'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2018https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1206https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1206Thu, 15 Nov 2018 00:00:00 GMTTen Community Organizations Get Funding for Positive Organizing ProjectAIDS United has awarded grants to 10 community-based organizations to help end HIV stigma and discrimination while building leadership among people living with HIV. AIDS United?s Positive Organizing Project (POP), with generous support from Gilead Sciences, taps a new generation of leaders living with HIV to help end the HIV epidemic in the U.S. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1173'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2017https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1173https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1173Wed, 18 Oct 2017 00:00:00 GMTTestimony of AIDS United CEO Jesse Milan, Jr. on Fiscal Year 2020 HIV AppropriationsAIDS United Fiscal Year 2020 Testimony prepared for the House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1221'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2019https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1221https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1221Tue, 09 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMTThe Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation (ETAF) is Presenting Sponsor of AIDSWatch 2015WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 23, 2014) -- AIDSWatch organizers are thrilled to announce The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation (ETAF) as Presenting Sponsor for the two-day AIDSWatch 2015 program. It is the U.S.? largest constituent-based HIV advocacy event, bringing together hundreds of HIV advocates to Washington, D.C. from all around the country to educate members of Congress about the legislative priorities and resources needed to help bring an end to this epidemic. In tribute to Elizabeth Taylor?s legacy as an activist in the fight against HIV/AIDS, ETAF will help fund the event, which is organized by the Treatment Access Expansion Project (TAEP), AIDS United and the US People Living with HIV Caucus. AIDSWatch 2015 will take place April 13-14. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=117'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2014https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=117https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=117Tue, 23 Sep 2014 00:00:00 GMTThe Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation (ETAF) Named Presenting Sponsor of AIDSWatch 2016AIDSWatch organizers are thrilled to announce The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation (ETAF) as Presenting Sponsor for AIDSWatch 2016. AIDSWatch, the largest constituent-based HIV advocacy event in the U.S., will bring hundreds of HIV advocates to Washington, D.C. from across the country to educate Congress about the policies and resources needed to end the HIV epidemic. In tribute to Elizabeth Taylor?s legacy as an activist in the fight against HIV/AIDS, ETAF is named presenting sponsor and is contributing $100,000 to the event, which is organized by the Treatment Access Expansion Project (TAEP), AIDS United and the US People Living with HIV Caucus. AIDSWatch 2016 will take place February 29 - March 1, 2016, in Washington, D.C. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1125'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2015https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1125https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1125Thu, 22 Oct 2015 00:00:00 GMTThe Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation Named Presenting Sponsor of AIDSWatch 2017!Organizers are thrilled to announce The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation (ETAF) as Presenting Sponsor for AIDSWatch 2017. AIDSWatch, March 27-28, 2017, brings hundreds of advocates to Washington, D.C. from across the country to educate Congress about the policies and resources needed to end the HIV epidemic. Registration opened on World AIDS Day, December 1, 2016 at www.aidsunited.org/AIDSWatch. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1136'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2016https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1136https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1136Mon, 05 Dec 2016 00:00:00 GMTThe Partnership to End HIV, STDs, and Hepatitis Testimony for HHS Listening Session on the National HIV/AIDS and Viral Hepatitis StrategiesEnding these epidemics will require a robust and integrated health care system as well as broader access to comprehensive health care coverage free from discrimination. Now more than ever, investment in public health programs is critical for reaching the goals of the NHAS and the Action Plan. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1215'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2019https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1215https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1215Fri, 22 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMTThose Who Seek to Divide Us Will Not SucceedAIDS United joins the organizations and individuals around the globe in expressing our resolve to fight against the hatred on display this week. The events in Charlottesville and the inexcusable response by President Trump remind all of us of the tremendous impact of hatred, violence, and fear have on us as individuals, the communities in which we live, and those that we strive to serve. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1163'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2017https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1163https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1163Thu, 17 Aug 2017 00:00:00 GMTTrump Administration Further Undermines ACA with Massive Cuts to ACA Navigator Program & Federal Risk Adjustment ProgramTuesday, the Trump administration announced that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) would make just $10 million in funding -- down from $36 million last year -- available for Affordable Care Act (ACA) patient navigators tasked with assisting people enroll in marketplace insurance plans. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1199'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2018https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1199https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1199Mon, 16 Jul 2018 00:00:00 GMTTwenty-Seven Community Organizations Receive Critical Funding to Turn Tide of HIV in Deep SouthWith support from AIDS United, 27 community-based organizations in the U.S. South have developed innovative and effective advocacy projects that protect and advance the health and wellbeing of people living with and impacted by HIV/AIDS throughout the Deep South. With support from the Ford Foundation, AIDS United recently granted $1 million to organizations in the Southern states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1123'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2015https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1123https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1123Thu, 28 May 2015 00:00:00 GMTVotes to Preserve Health Care Coverage Deserve ApplauseOn behalf of people living with and at risk for HIV and other STDS and the millions of other men, women and children who rely on access to high-quality, affordable health care to live the lives they deserve, we applaud the U.S. Senate vote to defeat the dangerous and misguided efforts to damage and destroy the Affordable Care Act. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1160'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2017https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1160https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1160Fri, 28 Jul 2017 00:00:00 GMTWhile No Cuts to HIV, STD, and Hepatitis Funding, FY2019 Labor-HHS Funding Bills Fall Short on Tackling Infectious Diseases Tied to Opioid EpidemicFive of the nation?s leading organizations focused on ending the HIV, STD, and hepatitis epidemics in the United States ? AIDS United, NASTAD, the National Coalition of STD Directors, NMAC, and The AIDS Institute ? applaud the House and Senate Appropriations Committees for sustaining critical funding for HIV, STD, and hepatitis programs. <br/><i><a href='https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1198'>Click Here For More Information</a></i><br/><hr />2018https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1198https://www.aidsunited.org/news/?id=1198Thu, 12 Jul 2018 00:00:00 GMT